HolyandSublime
@holyandsublime.bsky.social
Max | He/Him
Lvl 31
Artist/Illustrator/Designer
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Drawing characters, making stories, occasional fanart 💫
Lvl 31
Artist/Illustrator/Designer
🏳️⚧️
Drawing characters, making stories, occasional fanart 💫
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Nobody asked for a revival of Vine, but don’t use the revival, since it’s going to be scraped for AI training.
The “No AI on diVine” rule is just there to ensure it’s fed real content and not more AI slop.
The “No AI on diVine” rule is just there to ensure it’s fed real content and not more AI slop.
Finding out the it'll likely be used to train AI required a little deeper digging.
The articles on this app mention Nostr, but when you look up Nostr...
The articles on this app mention Nostr, but when you look up Nostr...
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nobody asked for a revival of Vine, but don’t use the revival, since it’s going to be scraped for AI training.
The “No AI on diVine” rule is just there to ensure it’s fed real content and not more AI slop.
The “No AI on diVine” rule is just there to ensure it’s fed real content and not more AI slop.
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I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.
US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
US government orders states to destroy trans education materials
The US government has ordered 46 states and territories to destroy education materials referencing trans people.
www.thepinknews.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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Something to keep in mind: payment processors "capitulate" to anti-porn activists so easily because they too have a lot of puritans in charge. Which is why it's important to keep up the pressure with calls - because only by making it clear that it'll cost them more to censor than not will they budge
August 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Something to keep in mind: payment processors "capitulate" to anti-porn activists so easily because they too have a lot of puritans in charge. Which is why it's important to keep up the pressure with calls - because only by making it clear that it'll cost them more to censor than not will they budge
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Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this
What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this
What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!
August 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this
What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this
What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!
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Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
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DuckDuckGo is my primary search engine for precisely this reason. Plus, while they have the same useless ai offerings as other search sites, they have one simple off toggle that’s easy to find and use
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
August 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
DuckDuckGo is my primary search engine for precisely this reason. Plus, while they have the same useless ai offerings as other search sites, they have one simple off toggle that’s easy to find and use
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looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out
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Not someone with call center experience but some customer service experience and: I say this is very likely to be a descalation attempt. Not only because it contradicts what other reps are saying, but because you generally don't give so many unprompted details about the inner workings to a customer
Another Visa rep I spoke with did say there were a lot of calls about the video game policy but they were decreasing. Unclear if this is a deescalation tactic but I do encourage you to keep the pressure on
July 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Not someone with call center experience but some customer service experience and: I say this is very likely to be a descalation attempt. Not only because it contradicts what other reps are saying, but because you generally don't give so many unprompted details about the inner workings to a customer
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Some people just seem to want to eliminate all potential sources of discomfort, no matter how small or innocuous, from their lives. Fiction allows you to model experiencing big emotions in a safe controlled setting, and I just don't think any good comes of avoiding that to this degree
A key point in Fahrenheit 451 is that books were banned because they made people depressed and uncomfortable. The novel's protagonist, Montag, is taken into custody after he reads a poem that makes a woman cry because she realizes the emptiness of her life.
![[quoting a tweet from isabelunraveled in which she rails against depressing books that get branded as “great writing”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreidzblpxefncqr2c73v7myen325wvtk767i7rw4zcc32c3hj4gzv5a@jpeg)
July 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Some people just seem to want to eliminate all potential sources of discomfort, no matter how small or innocuous, from their lives. Fiction allows you to model experiencing big emotions in a safe controlled setting, and I just don't think any good comes of avoiding that to this degree
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I can’t take anybody seriously who thinks reading/watching/playing media that involves morally bad characters means you condone that behavior and/or want to perpetrate it yourself in real life. Y’all sound so ridiculous. It’s fiction. 🤦🏼
July 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I can’t take anybody seriously who thinks reading/watching/playing media that involves morally bad characters means you condone that behavior and/or want to perpetrate it yourself in real life. Y’all sound so ridiculous. It’s fiction. 🤦🏼
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We must wage a Protracted Call-in War on the Payment Processors
The Itch/Steam thing dropped off the trending tab.
Therefore it's time to remind you again to swamp the payment processors with more calls.
If the call volume dies down in under a week they aren't going to learn their lesson. Make them regret it.
Therefore it's time to remind you again to swamp the payment processors with more calls.
If the call volume dies down in under a week they aren't going to learn their lesson. Make them regret it.
July 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We must wage a Protracted Call-in War on the Payment Processors
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Yeah, I worked in customer support and, if it's a 'peak' of one day, they will not care. They'll wipe their hands and say "ok, volumes are back to normal, it's fixed"
If after a week they are still receiving pressure... Then they'll begin to get nervous
If after a week they are still receiving pressure... Then they'll begin to get nervous
we are going to need to keep up this 'yelling at payment processors' energy for more than just today
Ideally, we will need to keep up this pressure over a span of a few weeks
As many people as possible, each making 2-4 calls a day, for a few weeks, is going to make the biggest impact
Ideally, we will need to keep up this pressure over a span of a few weeks
As many people as possible, each making 2-4 calls a day, for a few weeks, is going to make the biggest impact
July 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Yeah, I worked in customer support and, if it's a 'peak' of one day, they will not care. They'll wipe their hands and say "ok, volumes are back to normal, it's fixed"
If after a week they are still receiving pressure... Then they'll begin to get nervous
If after a week they are still receiving pressure... Then they'll begin to get nervous
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And for those of you wondering how this may apply to you: If you create media for adults, or do any sort of work for the queer community, this could potentially affect you as well. You might not consider yourself a sex worker, but a lot of religionists sure think you are. Please, sign this petition.
Let’s change gears. Do some good
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
action.aclu.org
July 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
And for those of you wondering how this may apply to you: If you create media for adults, or do any sort of work for the queer community, this could potentially affect you as well. You might not consider yourself a sex worker, but a lot of religionists sure think you are. Please, sign this petition.
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This remains evergreen.
July 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This remains evergreen.
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AI could never in a million years give us something as good as Minmo
July 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
AI could never in a million years give us something as good as Minmo
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Can I hear some commotion for my bizarrely-involved Into the Woods fanart
"To have, to wed, to get, to save, to kill, to keep, to go to the festival!"
I drew costume designs for (most of) the characters from "Into the Woods."
I took a lot of inspiration from the like 70s medieval revival aesthetic. Colored pencils cleaned up in procreate.
I drew costume designs for (most of) the characters from "Into the Woods."
I took a lot of inspiration from the like 70s medieval revival aesthetic. Colored pencils cleaned up in procreate.
July 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Can I hear some commotion for my bizarrely-involved Into the Woods fanart
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Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator
YouTube video by Charlie Chaplin
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Two Democratic politicians and their spouses were shot in Minnesota.
Representative Hortman and her husband have died. Senator Hoffman and his wife are out of surgery, and Governor Waltz said they are “cautiously optimistic” about their prognosis.
Representative Hortman and her husband have died. Senator Hoffman and his wife are out of surgery, and Governor Waltz said they are “cautiously optimistic” about their prognosis.
Due to a shelter-in-place order and ongoing safety concerns following a shooting that targeted two elected officials, the No Kings protest in Northeast Minneapolis has been canceled.
Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the communities impacted by this horrifying violence.
Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the communities impacted by this horrifying violence.
Rep. Melissa Hortman, Sen. John Hoffman shot in 'targeted' shootings: Sources
www.fox9.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Two Democratic politicians and their spouses were shot in Minnesota.
Representative Hortman and her husband have died. Senator Hoffman and his wife are out of surgery, and Governor Waltz said they are “cautiously optimistic” about their prognosis.
Representative Hortman and her husband have died. Senator Hoffman and his wife are out of surgery, and Governor Waltz said they are “cautiously optimistic” about their prognosis.
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1) You can’t make a bigot money and still call yourself and ally.
2) The fact that WB is cranking out these “this actor is cool! Separate the art from the artist” weekly PR pieces means that Rowling funding the assault on trans rights is hurting their bottom line.
2) The fact that WB is cranking out these “this actor is cool! Separate the art from the artist” weekly PR pieces means that Rowling funding the assault on trans rights is hurting their bottom line.
Nah, you can’t.
Just take a knee and do something else, trying for nuance here is a delusion and won’t be remembered by anyone and you know it
deadline.com/2025/06/nick...
Just take a knee and do something else, trying for nuance here is a delusion and won’t be remembered by anyone and you know it
deadline.com/2025/06/nick...
Nick Frost Reveals Why He Can Clash With J.K. Rowling Over Trans Rights & Still Play Hagrid In HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series
Nick Frost said he the JK Rowling trans rights debate may overshadow HBO's 'Harry Potter' series, but he's ok with that.
deadline.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
1) You can’t make a bigot money and still call yourself and ally.
2) The fact that WB is cranking out these “this actor is cool! Separate the art from the artist” weekly PR pieces means that Rowling funding the assault on trans rights is hurting their bottom line.
2) The fact that WB is cranking out these “this actor is cool! Separate the art from the artist” weekly PR pieces means that Rowling funding the assault on trans rights is hurting their bottom line.
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Don't worry the stash is protected
June 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Don't worry the stash is protected
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Happy pride ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
June 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Happy pride ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜